R.S.J.—July 18, 2025
My 15 year old LG M237WD 23" Flatron Monitor/HDTV finally died on me leaving me in a strange new world where you can no longer find a new, low-cost Monitor/HDTV with a built-in antenna input and tuner. Today you need a monitor with 2 HDMI inputs and a separate HDTV tuner with antenna input to do the job. The question today is which ones do the best job at the lowest price? After extensive online research, I decided on the AOC 24B2H2 24" LCD Monitor and the Mediasonic HOMEWORX HW250STB Convertor Box/Tuner. In short, I am extremely happy with the choices I've made. Before you make your decisions, I highly recommend you download and read the online user manuals available by searching for them online. In particular, you need the online AOC user manual to properly describe and utilize the the 5 tiny buttons on the bottom edge of the screen used to power on and access monitor settings. The paper guide included with the AOC monitor does NOT describe how how to use these buttons. The HOMEWORX manual omits fully describing how to prepare for, record, and playback TV programs on a USB flash drive. If you are computer savvy, formatting, recording, playback and deletion of TV programs is easy to figure out. If not savvy, you may need to ask HOMEWORX for help. The AOC monitor is very easy to set up. You just need to insert the neck at the bottom of the screen into the base. The screen can be tilted from 20° up to -5° down. You plug in your 1 or 2 HDMI cables from the HOMEWORX tuner and your computer, the power cord, and your speaker or earphone 3.5mm connector cable, and you're done! The HDMI button under the bottom screen edge allows you to easily switch between the tuner and your computer. Audio is automatically switched between devices with the HDMI button. On Windows 10, a 24B2H2 Intel(R) Display Audio interface is automatically installed by the AOC monitor and becomes the Default Playback Device. I have an audio cable running from my computer to my speakers in addition to the HDMI cable. If needed, I can switch the Default Playback Device back to Realtek High Definition Audio to enable me to record audio using Audacity software, which I use to record stock market Earnings Webcasts. (Note: Audacity requires a wire connection between the Realtek audio output and input to enable recording audio off the Internet.) The AOC display itself is excellent, strong clean colors and high definition. The screen is matted, NOT glossy as incorrectly listed by Amazon. The HOMEWORX tuner has a handy easy to use large remote control along with manual control bottons on the tuner itself. In addition to the HDMI port, it also has RCA jacks and can act as a HDTV converter box for an old analog TV or as audio output for a stereo amplifier. It has a USB-A port for a USB flash drive or other form of storage drive. When not turned on, the HOMEWORX digital display acts as a clock showing the time of day. Signal reception by the HOMEWORX is excellent. This has the best reception of any HDTV tuner I've used so far, and I receive stations I could not receive before so long as the weather and temperature inversions permit. AOC 24B2H2, 27B2H2 LCD Monitor User Manual https://mmd-aoc2.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com/Products/Monitors/B%20Line/B2/24B2H2/24B2H2_manual.pdf Mediasonic HOMEWORX HW250STB User Manual https://www.teklib.com/library/mediasonic-homeworx-hw250stb-user-manual/ Read more
Abby—November 12, 2025
I love this monitor for my switch 2! I needed something 120hz, 1080p and not super expensive! This delivers for sure. It looks great, and is a high quality monitor! I love using it to game on my switch and the performance is amazing! Just wish it came with built in speakers! No problem, I just bought a small sound bar to plug in to my switch 2 dock, changed the audio output to automatic (there is USB to select as well!) and also use a headset with my controller if playing with friends! This was a great purchase! Read more
talia—September 15, 2025
it runs well but it has no audio, I REPEAT IT DOESNT HAVE AUDIO FOR THE PEOPLE SCROLLING REVIEWS. if others say it does come with audio they either lie or they call the little jiminy cricket voice that's actually 1 db loud coming from the computer as audio. good graphics though and easy to install, but doesnt have many ports, think if youre considering getting more than one monitor or connecting anything else to the monitor its not the right option for you. its very attractive and thin profile though, ill give it that. it doesnt move up and down though, only tilts. Read more
SoCal Nana—July 19, 2025
Using two monitors is essential for my online business life. I recently started having trouble with one of the monitors that I've had for about two years. It could have been the cable, but the dysfunction was showing up on the screen. I decided to order a new monitor overnight because I have too much work to do to limp along. I was impressed with the ease of set up, and the color quality. The first one I was able to get with free overnight delivery, with it arriving before 8 AM the next morning. I decided to get a matching one, rather than a cobbled together computing environment. That one took a couple of days, but it was worth the wait. This brand isn't a familiar name to me, but I'm a fan. The visual clarity is outstanding. Colors are rich and vibrant. I'm quite pleased with these monitors, which I was able to get for a reasonable price. Read more
Dante—August 29, 2024
Opinion after 1 week of use -- PROS: - Very good price for the quality - Great color gamut - Good refresh rate (100hz) - Good form factor (thin bezels, fairly light, easy to put together and move around.) - Decent resolution (1080p is enough for most daily tasks, but 1440p may be more preferable for gaming, and 4K for movies/video.) - Has not had any connectivity issues (yet). - Not ugly MAIN CON: Despite being advertised as an "HDR-Ready" display with an "HDR mode", it *DOES NOT SUPPORT HDR!!!* The "HDR Mode" just saturates the display colors and increases the contrast to fake an "hdr look", but actual HDR video signals are *not* supported for any computer. If you are looking for an HDR monitor, this is not one of them. LG makes several perfectly good *actual* HDR monitors. MINOR GRIPES: - Cannot move vertical stand up and down like some monitors, only one height. Not a huge issue if you have a wall/desk mount (which this monitor does support). - 100hz is kind of a weird framerate that falls in between more common 60/144/240hz displays, so it may be a little jarring. - Obviously this isn't a high-DPI monitor. If you use a Windows laptop, your desktop icons and UI will be scaled up to fit it. If you want the ui scale to be the same as your laptop display, look for a 1440p or 4K monitor, as Windows does not support sub-100% display scaling. All in all, despite a sprinkle of just-barely-false advertising, this is a pretty good general-purpose monitor. I highly recommend it. Read more